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Ageing in India — some key issues
Author(s)	D Jamuna
Journal title	Ageing International, vol XXV, no 4, Spring 2000
Pages	pp 16-31
Keywords	Ageing process ; Social policy ; India.
Annotation	In the forthcoming decades, there will be a tremendous increase in the number of older people in India, the rate of increase higher than for the rest of the population. How will the country manage, and what are the issues involved in this challenge? This article briefly discusses these issues with regard to work status, dependency ratio, living arrangements, gender ageing, health and disability status, family and kinship relationships, and availability of social security arrangements for older people. Policy that would cover all sections of the population, the increasing stress and strains on the primary caregiver, the fast pace of social change affecting traditional caregiving mechanisms, as well as the need for a dynamic action plan to utilise older people as a resource and enhance their social status are discussed. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-011008210 A
Classmark	BG: TM2: 7FA
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